Interest rates have a huge bearing on real estate values. If you’ve been active in the real estate market over the last several years, you’ve watched interest rates fall as low as 3%. Essentially, as interest rates drop, a person can take on a higher mortgage but with the same monthly payments.

For several months Dollar General and Dollar Tree have been vying to buy Family Dollar, the 2nd largest small box retailer with over 8,000 stores. This contentious “beauty contest” will go in favor of Dollar Tree, after Family Dollar shareholders approved the lower $8.81 billion offer. Pending the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sign off, the merger of Dolla

For the scoop on single tenant net lease properties I talked to three experts, including my friend Nancy Miller, of the National Net Lease Investment Group at Bull Realty, Brett Dargis, Director of Development for The Hutton Company, a